Removal of Trick, Popup, and Software Embedded Advertising (e.g. GAIN)

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Many users of the internet are tired of having their computer overtaken by commercialized advertising. This advertising can be intrusive, preventing users from getting their work done, or in some cases it may allow unauthorized people to gain access to your computer! This petition was created in order to protest the usage of 'Trick Advertisements' which look like Microsoft Windows program windows, and when users click the advertisement, they are brought to a site of which they did not intend to visit, along with the usage of software embedded advertising, such as GAIN, which is included with many popular software packages -- and cannot be uninstalled without removing the application with it! These software programs monitor what you do on your computer (aka spyware) and get advertisements related to what you do. We would also like to restrict the usage of popup windows to one pop up window to avoid a loop where the user cannot close the windows as they are always popping up. We believe that these software and trick advertising schemes, however, should be banned as they are misleading. We also believe that all advertising should be labelled as such and should not make the user believe in any way, shape, or form, that the advertisement is generated by their computer's operating system or its software.

315 Signatures

  • Matt Dean
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Pramod Prafulchand
  • Warren Carreiro
    • Comments
    • I just stop using sites with pop-ups
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Fanie
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Barry Schwartz
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Jimmy
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Kenkichi Sato
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • chris rapin
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • David Wendel
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
  • Jonah Scholl
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Mark Miller
    • Comments
    • Gain is plain e-VIL!!!!
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Tim Ryan
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Jim Aiken
    • Comments
    • Gain Ads are an invasion; I don't know how to close them, or how they get access to my PC
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Jonathan L.
    • Comments
    • KILL THE GAOTR!!!
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • dav
    • Comments
    • i cant seem to get rid of the dam thing
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Ray
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Rowland Mirkovich
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Brett Johnson
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • J
    • Comments
    • been trying to take them off for over 3months now! still not succesful
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Robert Mooers
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • daz
    • Comments
    • i was fooled into getting gain when downloading software, now it is ruining my time on the internet
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Thanh Lam
    • Comments
    • DAMMIT GAIN LEAVE MY DAM COMPUTER ALONE
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Paul Tarling
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Holly
    • Comments
    • god i hate em
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Brendon Finch
    • Comments
    • I can understand 1 popup ,but 2 or 3 at once is a pain in the ass
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Mike
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • WR Stephens III
    • Comments
    • This needs to STOP
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • buck chacon
    • Comments
    • need to bann gain for have mass sueing
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Melody Hillegeist
    • Comments
    • hate it
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Todd Aikman
    • Comments
    • Gain should be sued by Procter&Gamble for using the Gain name and even the colour green used by Gain. This is supposed to be protected under copyright laws.
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Vanessa Roessler
  • Martin H. Waldow
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • James Ward
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Bryan Ranger
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • darren bunker
    • Comments
    • get it off!!!!
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • michelle mulligan
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • r.dean
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
  • Marige
    • Comments
    • Don't know if I have any installed GAIN software
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • John Grimes
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • JOHN PALYU
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Michael Bearden
    • Comments
    • I hate Spy Ware
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Jon Plamondon
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Dustin Smith
    • Comments
    • I run spybot and adaware daily, and am amazed at what can be installed without your notice. I HATE SPYWARE!!!!! Especially bots that search the net for emails and spam all emails found.
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Zelig
    • Comments
    • I am forced to use a program to block all ads, it is a waste of time for advertisers and a waster of system resouces for me.
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • hbdragon88
    • Comments
    • Stop the madness! I don't want to have to run software like Ad-Aware to remove something that shouldn't have been there!
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Kelly Miller
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
  • Kara R. Guthrie
    • Comments
    • i unistalled some spyware once and it messed up my computer so bad i had to restore everything and leave the damned spyware
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • julio sanchez
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Ovidiu Preda
    • Comments
    • I hate when they sneek in junk ad software!
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No
    • Do you have any software installed that uses GAIN (or something similar)?
    • No
  • Jesse Sarshar
    • Have You Accidentally Triggered a Trick Ad?
    • No